In the lead sports feature in this Sunday's NYT, Longman asks how Elene Delle Donne, not long ago the nation's top hoops recruit at UConn, ended up playing volleyball at Delaware. "She seems a lot happier now," says a high school teammate.

It sounds like she gave up hoops because she stopped liking it. At the Courant, Altavilla picks up the hint that if her feelings change, she might well show up in Storrs.

Longman ends by quoting Delle Donne's obviously ambivalent dad: "I want her to watch the Final Four," he says. "Hopefully [sic] Geno Auriemma is cutting the net down. And I hope Elena says 'Thank God I'm not there.' Then it was the right decision."